Percutaneous-endoscopic biliary stent placement: a clinician's perspective.
When it becomes necessary to relieve obstructive biliary jaundice, many alternatives are entertained by the physician, the patient and the family. This article describes percutaneous-endoscopic biliary stent placement from this gastrointestinal clinician's point of view, taking into account the previously utilized efforts of surgery, radiology and endoscopy. It will serve as a reference for all those who choose our method when the need to relieve biliary obstruction is encountered.
Falconio
M A
MA
Buto
S K
SK
Tsang
T K
TK
D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000628:therapy*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents